Choosing a Filesystem for Oracle

Oracle Tips by Burleson Consulting
Don Burleson

By Mark Rittman

GFS, OCFS, and GPFS -
Which Filesystem for Oracle?

"My company has a Oracle
RAC database running on a
Sun cluster. In 6 months we
are looking to replace the
cluster with either a Linux
or an AIX solution that will
involve SAN storage. I see
that their are a variety of
filesystems for Oracle and
Linux. Sistina (Red Hat) has
the GFS, Oracle has the OCFS,
and IBM has GPFS. Does
anyone know the pros and
cons of each of these
filesystems ,and which one
would be better for a
continuously growing
database?"

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